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As part of BCA's mission, we study a variety of bird taxa from birds of prey to hummingbirds!

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Birds Banded to Date!

Species: 82

Individuals: 1,029

Species
Total
Prothonotary Warbler
9
Red-breasted Nuthatch
2
Red-bellied Woodpecker
2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
17
Red-eyed Vireo
33
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
18
Rufous Hummingbird
1
Red-winged Blackbird
29
Scaly-breasted Munia
184
Slate-colored Junco
2
Scarlet Tanager
6
Song Sparrow
5
Summer Tanager
9
Swainson's Thrush
30
Swainson's Warbler
2
Tennessee Warbler
30
Traill's Flycatcher
1
Tufted Titmouse
9
Veery
1
White-eyed Vireo
38
Worm-eating Warbler
6
Wilson's Warbler
1
Winter Wren
1
Wood Thrush
15
Western Palm Warbler
3
White-throated Sparrow
15
Yellow-breasted Chat
6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
6
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
1
Yellow Warbler
1
Yellow-green Vireo
1
Yellow-throated Vireo
2
Acadian Flycatcher
9
American Goldfinch
8
American Redstart
37
Black-and-white Warbler
16
Black-billed Cuckoo
1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
19
Brown-headed Cowbird
1
Blackburnian Warbler
4
Blue Grosbeak
2
Blue Jay
8
Blackpoll Warbler
1
Bronzed Cowbird
1
Brown Thrasher
17
Black-throated Green Warbler
4
Blue-winged Warbler
6
Carolina Chickadee
12
Carolina Wren
28
Cedar Waxwing
2
Chipping Sparrow
7
Common Ground-dove
5
Common Yellowthroat
12
Chestnut-sided Warbler
4
Downy Woodpecker
5
Eastern Bluebird
4
Eastern Phoebe
6
Eastern Towhee
10
Eastern Wood-pewee
8
European Starling
2
Great-crested Flycatcher
5
Gray-cheeked Thrush
4
Gray Catbird
34
Golden-winged Warbler
3
Hermit Thrush
11
House Finch
2
Hooded Warbler
35
House Wren
9
Indigo Bunting
9
Kentucky Warbler
5
Least Flycatcher
2
Louisiana Waterthrush
1
Magnolia Warbler
49
Marsh Wren
1
Northern Cardinal
72
Northern Mockingbird
9
Northern Parula
5
Northern Waterthrush
13
Orange-crowned Warbler
7
Ovenbird
20
Pine Warbler
6
Prairie Warbler
2

Want to see the species and numbers we have banded? Scroll through below!

Top 5 birds banded in 2021

1. Yellow-green Vireo

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Our director Kyle banded a Yellow-green Vireo at our Orange Beach, AL site on September 9th, 2021. The is only the second confirmed record of this tropical species in Alabama!

2. Bronzed Cowbird

Kyle and Emma banded a Bronzed Cowbird at their homebase in Alabama on February 13th, 2021. This may be the first Bronzed Cowbird banded in AL. 

3. Rufous Hummingbird

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We had a surprise at our Fort Morgan banding event in October: A young female Rufous Hummingbird! Usually the only species of hummingbird we have at this location is the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

4. Wilson's Warbler

We also caught and banded an adult female Wilson's Warbler on Oct. 7th during our Fort Morgan event! This is a Western US warbler. 

5. Black-billed Cuckoo

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While banding at our Orange Beach Site this past April, Kyle banded a Black-billed Cuckoo, a more elusive and uncommon cuckoo species! 

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